Stable.



P. & H. PETERSEN.

STABLE.

APPLICATION FILED APR. 6. 1914.

1 ,1 9 6mm Patented Sept. 5, 1916.

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P. & H. PETERSEN.

STABLE.

APPLICATION FILED APILe'. 191 4.

I I II WMHUI Patented Sept. 5, 1916.

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Be it known that we, PETER PErEnsEN and ltlnniev PE'rEasEN, citizens of the United States, residing at @conomowoc, county of Waukesha, and State of Wisconsin, have invented new and useful improvements in Stables, of which the following is a specification.

Our invention relates to improvements in stables.

The object of our invention is to provide means whereby a stable may be quickly and easily cleaned by power applied at any convenient point within the stable or exterior thereto.

lln the drawings-Figure 1 is a longitudinal sectional view of a stable embodying our invention, drawn to a vertical plane which includes the gutter. Fig. 2 is'a plan vi ew showing the end walls of the stable in horizontal section. Fig. 3 is a sectional view, drawn on line w-m of Fig. 1. Fig. 4 is a sectional view, drawn to the same plane as Fig. 1 and showing a modified arrangement of the conveyor. Fig. 5 is a fragmentary sectional view, showing the gutter and cleaning conveyor, drawn to a plane cutting the gutter transversely and showing a slightly modified form of construction. Fig. 6 is a cross sectional view of one of the scraping bars 4.1.

like parts are identified by the same reference characters throughout the several views.

1 and 2 a e the'end walls of a stable, 3 the ceiling-wall, t the platform or floor wall upon which the stall partitions 5 are located, and 6 is the gutter commonly located hack of theiplatform l. All of these parts may be of any ordinary construction, except as hereinafter set forth.

A set of chains 10 extends along the door of the gutter near the respective sides there- 7 of, and these chains are connectedv by cross bars 11, which may be conveniently formedof angle iron bars. Thechains 1t and tlie connecting cross bars 11 constitute a conveyer which is adapted to travel longitudinally along the floor of the gutter to clean the same. Theconveyer, may extend to any suitable delivery point from which it returns, preferably either underneath the ceiling, floor, or underneath the platform as may be found most convenient.

In, Fig. 1 we have illustrated a stable ttpeeification of Letters Patent.

Patented septa 5, 1%13.

Application filed April 6, 191%. Serial Ito. 829,?t6.

which is provided near one end wall 2 with sprocket wheels13 and 14:, over which the chains 10 run. The sprocket wheel 14: extends into the gutter near this end of the stable, and the sprocket wheel 13 is located in a raised position and at a suflicient height to support the chain on the return side out of the reach of animals in the stable. The chain may beadditionally supported by a platform 16 along which the cross bars 11 may travel. At the other end of the stable, as illustrated in Fig. 1, the end wall 1 is provided with an opening 17 through which the conveyer may pass, and sprocket wheels 18 are journaled in this wall opening or in suitable bearings connected with the wall. The floor 20-01: the gutter 6 is also extended through the opening 17 and inclined outwardly and upwardly, whereby the chair. may serve to carry refuse to a raised point of delivery. The outer end of the conveyer is supported by sprocket wheels 22, over which the conveyer chains are passed, the

conveyor extending on the return side through an opening 23 in wall 1. Sprocket Wheel 22 may be supported from the wall 1 by frame bars 24: forming a continuation of the sides of the gutter, but these sprocket wheels may also be supported by suitable standards 25 (Fig. 1).

' Any one of the sets of sprocket Wheels may serve as driving sprockets for the conveyer. In Fig. 1, the sprocket wheels 13 are the driving sprockets, their supporting shaft 27' being extended and provided with a driving gear wheel 28, which may be actuated from any suitable source of power. 1n Fig. 3. we have illustrated this gear wheel 28 as driven from a power shaft 29, through belt 30, pulley 31, shaft 32, and pinion 33.

' in Fig. 1 we have illustrated a form of construction adapted to be used in cases where there is a basement underneath the stable or sufficient space underneath the door for. the operation of the conveyer chain on the return side. In this construction, the stable walls, gutter and extended gutter floor 20 may all be identical in form with that shown in Fig. 1, except that the gutter floor is provided with an opening adjacent to the end wall 2 of the stable and a sprocket wheel 36 is ournaled to extend into this opening and downwardly therefrom,

the conveyer chains being passed underneath the floor on the return side and around this end sprocket wheel 36, guide sprocket wheels 37 being. located underneath the gutter floor in an opening formed in the wall 1 below the opening 17. A platform 38' may also be employed as an auxiliary support for the return side of the conveyer and to prevent refuse which has clung to the conveyer from dropping into the basement or other room below the stable.

It will be understood that the object of providing the exterior inclined extension 20 and the exterior extension of the conveyer is for the purpose of-elevating the refuse delivered from the stable so that it can be discharged into a pile or into a wagon or other conveying means. Where the stable floor is sufliciently elevated above the ground adjacent to the discharge opening 17, itmay not be necessary to use the exterior extension of chains and their central portions bearing upon the raised gutter member 40.

We claim-- y 1. The combination with a stable and stable gutter, of an inclined extension of said gutter outside of the stable, an endless conveyer operating throughout said gutter and extension, andan overhead platform supporting the returning section of the conveyer. a

2. The combination with a stable, of a stable gutter having chain receiving channels in-its bottom portion, and a conveyer operating in said gutter and provided with conveyer chains running in said channels and spaced scraping cross bars each fiat on one side and rounded on the other from margin to margin of the fiat surface, said bars connecting said chains and having their fiat surfaces traveling on the bottom of the gutter between said channels.

In testimony whereof We afiix our signatures in the presence of two witnesses.

PETER PETERSEN.

HENRY PETERSEN.

Witnesses:

LEVERETT.C. WHEELER, IRMA D. BREMER. 

